Margarita Roco graduated from Southern Methodist University with a Masters of Music in Vocal Performance. She also obtained a Bachelor of Music, Magna cum laude, from University of the Philippines. She taught voice for three years in the Philippines before coming to the United States, and has since taught at Highland Park High School and Arlington High School as well as Gray School of Music. She is a member of Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honors Society.

Miss Roco has played leads in numerous operas including Susanna in LE NOZZE DI FIGARO and Casilda in THE GONDOLIERS, Dorabella in COSI FAN TUTTE, as well as many other opera productions. She has participated as a soloist in productions of the MESSIAH, STABAT MATER, CHRISTMAS CANTATA, and others. She recently won second place in the graduate women’s division of NATS auditions in Dallas.

Ms. Roco is a scholarship singer in the Lovers Lane United Methodist Sanctuary Choir. Ms. Roco is a vocal teacher at Highland Park High School. She was an opera assistant while at S.M.U.